Best PlacesQuincy, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quincy, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Quincy ranks 114th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 14 minutes away. Its strengths are health care access and clean air. The cost shows up in childcare costs, long commutes, and internet speeds.
The best neighborhoods in Quincy
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Quincy's strengths and weaknesses
Quincy lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Health care access, clean air, and low crime carry most of that.
The one real hole is childcare costs, near the bottom of the country. Long commutes and internet speeds also cost it ground. Cost swings more from one part of Quincy to another than it does between Quincy and its neighbors, which the map below shows.
Where Quincy ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of cities
- TransitBetter than 86% of cities
Where Quincy ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,403 a month, better than only 1% of cities
- Short commute34.7 minutes each way, better than only 4% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Quincy
A household needs to earn about $166,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quincy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $106,994, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Quincy's effective rate of 0.97%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Quincy
Quincy's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Quincy.
Who works in Quincy, and how
Work in Quincy centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Quincy
Quincy has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of cities and more parkland per resident than 87% of cities. The coast is about 14 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Quincy and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Quincy, month by month
Quincy sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 60° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 67° |
| October | 67° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Quincy
General Edward Lawrence Logan International sits about 7 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 21.1 million passengers in 2025, with 199 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Quincy
Schools across Quincy average a B, better than 72% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- CollicotA · 66% proficient
- Cunningham SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Mary E Flaherty SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central MiddleA · 60% proficient
- Atlantic MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Memorial MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Milton HighA · 76% proficient
- North Quincy HighA · 71% proficient
- Hull HighA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quincy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quincy measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Quincy against the other 444 cities.
Who Quincy suits
Common questions about living in Quincy
Is Quincy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quincy ranks 114th of 445 cities. It scores highest on health care access, clean air, and low crime, and lowest on childcare costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Quincy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $619,380. The overall cost of living runs about 30% above the national average. Set against a $106,994 median income, cost of living beats 36% of cities.
Is Quincy safe?
Yes, Quincy is safer than 89% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Quincy?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 25. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 21% of cities.
Is Quincy good for families?
Schools beat 72% of cities, crime safety beats 89%, and childcare runs $2,403 a month.
Is Quincy good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 36% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 4% of cities. About 22% of workers already work from home.
Compare Quincy with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quincy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quincy represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Quincy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quincy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quincy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quincy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quincy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quincy detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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